Etzion

Etzion (Hebrew: עציון, lit. of the tree), also spelled Ezion, can refer to places and topics relating to modern, ancient Israel and the West Bank:

• Ezion-Geber, a biblical Idumaean and Israelite port on the Red Sea
• Kfar Etzion, a kibbutz established in the early 20th century south of Jerusalem
• Gush Etzion, an eponymous bloc surrounding the kibbutz
• Gush Etzion Regional Council, a modern local government in that area
• Kfar Etzion massacre, a Jordanian massacre of kibbutz members
• Nir Etzion, a moshav established by survivors of the massacre
• Har Etzion, a yeshiva founded during the bloc's reestablishment
• Etzion Airbase, a former Israeli AFB in the Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea (currently Taba International Airport)
• Etzion, the codename for the Israeli Air Force base in Žatec, Czechoslovakia, in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Yehuda Etzion, an Israeli activist and member of the Jewish Underground
• Yeshiva Etzion, a yeshiva located in Queens, NY, established in 2003 by Rabbi Avraham Gaon
• Yeshivat Or Etzion, a Hesder Yeshiva, religious high school, and religious army preparation high school
• Gush Etzion Convoy, one of many convoys sent by the Haganah to the four blockaded kibbutz im of Gush Etzion
• Gush Etzion Junction ("Tzomet HaGush") also known as Gush Junction